ISBN:
9781444344677
,
9781444344653
,
9781444344646
,
9781444344660
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 265 p.)
,
ill., maps.
Edition:
1st ed (Online-Ausg.)
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Higman, B. W., 1943 - How food made history
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Higman, B. W., 1943 - How food made history
DDC:
394.1209
Keywords:
Food habits History
;
Food Social aspects
;
History
;
Food habits
;
History
;
Food
;
Social aspects
;
History
;
HISTORY / Social History
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic book
;
Ernährung
;
Ess- und Trinksitte
Abstract:
"Covering 5,000 years of global history, How Food Made History traces the changing patterns of food production and consumption that have molded economic and social life and contributed fundamentally to the development of government and complex societies. Charts the changing technologies that have increased crop yields, enabled the industrial processing and preservation of food, and made transportation possible over great distances Considers social attitudes towards food, religious prohibitions, health and nutrition, and the politics of distribution Offers a fresh understanding of world history through the discussion of food"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
URL:
http://www.myilibrary.com?id=324053&ref=toc
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444344677
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444344677
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